EVANSVILLE STAMP CLUB, INC.

P.O. BOX 161, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 47702

 

VOL. XLII, NO. 1   JANUARY, 2012

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

                Here’s wishing you a good year in everything, not just in stamp collecting.

                Unfortunately for the newsletter editor it isn’t starting out so good.  I’m still having computer problems and I’m writing this on an unfamiliar laptop, which is like learning to type all over again.  It also means I do not

have access to the mailing list, so the only way to distribute this is on our website.

                I have to believe things will get better soon.

 

Calendar:

ü  Jan. 17 – The club’s monthly meeting will feature an auction of 66 lots.  (For details see the auction list.)  There are 26 lots of U.S. material and a variety from other countries including some not usually among the auction lots, such as from Niue, Ifni, Guadeloupe, Singapore and Southern Rhodesia.  APS Circuit Books also will be available.

The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at Brake Supply Co. building off Ind. 57 in Vanderburgh Industrial Park on the north side of the highway across from the Shoe Carnival warehouse.  Enter the building through the front down, turn left and walk down the first floor hall to the boardroom.

 

Stamp new issues:

 

January

 

3, Spectrum Eagle, stamps for Presorted First-Class mail (Forever priced at 25c), six designs featuring an artist’s rendering of the bald eagle in white set against a sequence of six varying shades of reds, yellows, greens and blue, sold in pressure-sensitive (PSA) coils of 3,000 and 10,000, the First Day City was Liberty, MO, with sales nationwide on the same day.  Printer is Avery Dennison, which means the stamps can’t be soaked off envelopes.

6, New Mexico Statehood, com­memorative stamp (Forever® priced at 44 cents) for the 100th anniversary of New Mexico’s statehood, one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps, the First Day City was Santa Fe, NM, with sales nationwide on the same day.  Printer is Avery Dennison, which means the stamps can’t be soaked off envelopes.

23 (possibly), Celebrating Lunar New Year, com­memorative stamp (Forever® priced at 44 cents) marking the Year of the Dragon with the fifth in the current series, featuring one design of the head of a colorful dragon against a brilliant blue sky.  No other details available at this time.

 

February

16, Danny Thomas, commemorative stamp (Forever® priced at 44 cents) honoring Danny Thomas (on the 100th anniversary of his birth), the legendary entertainer and founder of renowned St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (on its 50th anniversary), one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps, the First Day City will be Memphis, TN, with sales nationwide on the same day.  No other details available at this time.

Evansville Stamp Club auction for Jan. 17, 2012

 

                                                                                                                                                c.v.

1

U.S. 283         Avg.

  5.00

2

U.S. 301        Wholesale lot, 56 copies & few other 1c, $14 value

est. 2.00

3

U.S. 370        VF, MNH                                            min. bid $4.00

17.50

4

U.S. 604        Joint line pair, MNH                            min. bid $1.00

  7.00

5

U.S. 686        Joint line pair, MNH                         min. bid $2.00

10.50

6

U.S. 751        S/S, unused, LH                                   min. bid $3.00

12.50

7

U.S. 1055      Joint line pair, MNH         

  1.50

8

U.S. 1266      Plate block, NH

    .40

9

U.S. 1610      Precancel pair, NH

min. 2.00

10

U.S. 1631a    MNH

    .75

11

U.S. 1786a    MNH

  1.25

12

U.S. 1834a    MNH

  1.50

13

U.S. 1841a    MNH 

  1.25

14

U.S. 2754      MNH, plate block                                 min. bid $1.20

  2.50

15

U.S. 3258      MNH, plate block

    .25

16

U.S. C12       MNH, plate single, avg.                       min. bid $3.00

17.50

17

U.S. C52       MNH, joint line pair                          min. bid $5.00

15.00

18

U.S. R11c     Playing card

  4.00

19

U.S. R66c     Avg. machine cl., wrinkle, nice color 

25.00

20

U.S. R124     Thins, perf. faults, still nice copy

35.00

21

U.S. RJA43  Narcotic tax, usual condition

    .55

22

U.S.               Tax paid tobacco stamp, series 102, ½ lb., faults

 ????

23

U.S. RNH3   Revenue stamps on 3 bank checks

 ????

24

U.S.               4 souvenir B.E.P. cards, 1971-2

  4.75

25

U.S,               60 FDC, 50 unaddressed

est. 20.00

26

U.S.               Used blocks, some older

 ????

27

UN 263-4, Geneva 53-4     NH

  1.70

28

UN                 Mint & used, $10.00+, MNH, face, nice used

20.00

29

Great Britain #3        Used, 2 ½ margins, 1841 issue

21.50

30

Bechuanaland Protectorate 143-6        Set, #145 perf fault

    .80

31

Canada         7 diff., mint

  2.05

32

Canada 1183              Hi val., MNH

  9.00

33

Canada 1654              Sheet, should be collected as such

21.60

34

Falkland Is. Dependencies 161-168, MLH, nice set, min. bid $4

18.40

35

Niue 189-91              LH

    .65

36

Norfolk Is. 646-57    NH, gutter pairs                        min. bid $5.00

40.00

37

St. Lucia 124-5         NH, hi vals of set                   min. bid $2.00

20.00

38

Singapore 53-5, 57   Used

  2.00

39

South Africa #1        VF, used 

  1.75

40

Southern Rhodesia 67-70        NH, Peace Issue

  1.40

41

S.W. Africa 153-5    Pairs, Peace Issue

  2.55

42

Andorra 188-9          LH                                             min. bid $5.00

25.00

43

Andorra 210-11        Gum disturbed                   min. bid $10.00 

40.00

44

Columbia 546-51      Mint & used set, orchids

  3.25

45

Columbia 1100         S/S, NH

  5.50

46

Columbia                  Recent, NH

  7.95

47

Cuba 356-58             Used, set

    .65

48

Czechoslovakia 1741A            Complete sheet, used

37.50

49

Denmark 156-8, 160                158 short perf, used

14.20

50

Fernando Poo 209-11               Set, NH

    .60

51

France                      8 diff.

  2.30

52

Germany 9N57-60   Used, VF                                  min bid $18.00

43.50

53

Germany (East) 82   Unused, hinged                   min. bid $20.00

70.00

54

Guadeloupe              1945 issues with Hi Vals.

  4.45

55

Ifni                            9 diff., 1950’s

  2.25

56

Hungary, Austria, Montenegro  Early collection

 ????

57

Monaco 722-4          LH                                           min. bid $5.00

15.00

58

Portugal 916-18       LH                                             min. bid $5.00

20.00

59

Salvador                   14 envelope cut squares

 ????

60

Uruguay B5-7, CB1-2             MNH

  1.35

61

Worldwide                Mints & used

20.90

62

Stock books (4)         Small size, no stamps

 ????

63

Briefcase                   With stock pages, glassines

 ????

64

Israel                         65+ stamps, hinged 

10.00+

65

Russia                       Tall ships set on 4 covers

10.00

66

Great Britain      “Princess Di,” 12 Royal wedding Colorano covers

est. 15.00

 

 

 

 

 

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